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Xpat Opinion: Training Skilled Workers & Teaching Foreign Languages In Hungary
- 28 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
My post today deals with two aspects of Hungarian education. One is the training of skilled workers and the other, the still sorry state of foreign language education.
Xpat Opinion: American Embassy In Budapest On The Nazi Occupation Memorial
- 28 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A leftist daily describes a statement issued by the US Embassy as another clear warning to the government, while its right-wing counterpart finds it strange that the US Embassy takes a view of a Hungarian issue.
21st International Book Festival Budapest, Millenáris, 24-27 April 2014
- 25 Apr 2014 9:02 AM
- community & culture
On Thursday, 24 April – right between the World Book and Copyright Day on Saint George's Day, 23 April and the World Intellectual Property Day on 25 April –, by evoking the old Catalonian custom of exchanging a gift of flowers and books, Dr Tibor Navracsics, Minister of Public Administration and Justice and deputy prime minister, accompanied by Dr Miklós Bendzsel, president of the Hungarian ...
Xpat Opinion: Week-Long Demonstration In Budapest Was Not In Vain
- 24 Apr 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Many people labeled the dogged effort of a small group of protesters against the erection of the proposed monument to the victims of the German “occupation” of Hungary a waste of time and energy. What will they achieve? Nothing. They dismantled the barricade around the proposed site ten or eleven times, but work on the foundation for the monument continued unabated. The monument showing ...
Hungary-US Tax Pact Now In Parliament
- 17 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The Economy Ministry has submitted a bill to Parliament that would allow the exchange of tax data between the United States and Hungary.
Xpat Opinion: More Fuzzy Math Re Elections In Hungary
- 17 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
She’s doing it again. Using that fuzzy math again. Over the weekend, Paul Krugman’s blog on the New York Times, “The Conscience of a Liberal,” ran the latest dispatch from Kim Lane Scheppele. The subject? The elections in Hungary were “not fair”.
See What Happened @ American College & University Fair In Budapest
- 9 Apr 2014 10:00 AM
- community & culture
The Times They Are a-Changin' wrote Bob Dylan, a classic American legend. Well, they are. Once upon a time when you were going to study at university or college it was a more complex matter. There were forms, leaflets, visits, and even now with technology it is not such a simple thing to do.
Hungarians Leaving Country Rises By Half
- 9 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The number of young Hungarians planning to either work or move abroad has risen by 50% since 2000, according to research published by the Central Statistical Office’s demography institute. About a third of young Hungarians do not plan their future in Hungary – or not exclusively, at any rate, according to the data provided by the Tárki research institute.
Sziget Festival Budapest Anthem 2014: Together
- 8 Apr 2014 9:02 AM
- entertainment
The anthem of this year’s Sziget Festival is the new song „Together” by Ivan & The Parazol, an up-and-coming Hungarian rock’n’roll band that incorporates everything a 21st century beat music needs. An important mission of Sziget is to support talented and promising Hungarian bands to get into the international music vibe.
Xpat Opinion: Training Skilled Workers & Teaching Foreign Languages In Hungary
- 28 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
My post today deals with two aspects of Hungarian education. One is the training of skilled workers and the other, the still sorry state of foreign language education.
Xpat Opinion: American Embassy In Budapest On The Nazi Occupation Memorial
- 28 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A leftist daily describes a statement issued by the US Embassy as another clear warning to the government, while its right-wing counterpart finds it strange that the US Embassy takes a view of a Hungarian issue.
21st International Book Festival Budapest, Millenáris, 24-27 April 2014
- 25 Apr 2014 9:02 AM
- community & culture
On Thursday, 24 April – right between the World Book and Copyright Day on Saint George's Day, 23 April and the World Intellectual Property Day on 25 April –, by evoking the old Catalonian custom of exchanging a gift of flowers and books, Dr Tibor Navracsics, Minister of Public Administration and Justice and deputy prime minister, accompanied by Dr Miklós Bendzsel, president of the Hungarian ...
Xpat Opinion: Week-Long Demonstration In Budapest Was Not In Vain
- 24 Apr 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Many people labeled the dogged effort of a small group of protesters against the erection of the proposed monument to the victims of the German “occupation” of Hungary a waste of time and energy. What will they achieve? Nothing. They dismantled the barricade around the proposed site ten or eleven times, but work on the foundation for the monument continued unabated. The monument showing ...
Hungary-US Tax Pact Now In Parliament
- 17 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The Economy Ministry has submitted a bill to Parliament that would allow the exchange of tax data between the United States and Hungary.
Xpat Opinion: More Fuzzy Math Re Elections In Hungary
- 17 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
She’s doing it again. Using that fuzzy math again. Over the weekend, Paul Krugman’s blog on the New York Times, “The Conscience of a Liberal,” ran the latest dispatch from Kim Lane Scheppele. The subject? The elections in Hungary were “not fair”.
See What Happened @ American College & University Fair In Budapest
- 9 Apr 2014 10:00 AM
- community & culture
The Times They Are a-Changin' wrote Bob Dylan, a classic American legend. Well, they are. Once upon a time when you were going to study at university or college it was a more complex matter. There were forms, leaflets, visits, and even now with technology it is not such a simple thing to do.
Hungarians Leaving Country Rises By Half
- 9 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The number of young Hungarians planning to either work or move abroad has risen by 50% since 2000, according to research published by the Central Statistical Office’s demography institute. About a third of young Hungarians do not plan their future in Hungary – or not exclusively, at any rate, according to the data provided by the Tárki research institute.
Sziget Festival Budapest Anthem 2014: Together
- 8 Apr 2014 9:02 AM
- entertainment
The anthem of this year’s Sziget Festival is the new song „Together” by Ivan & The Parazol, an up-and-coming Hungarian rock’n’roll band that incorporates everything a 21st century beat music needs. An important mission of Sziget is to support talented and promising Hungarian bands to get into the international music vibe.